Blank-stamping machine.



No. 826,163. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

G. W. HERNE. BLANK STAMPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MMM, 1905.

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UivrrED sTA'rEs GEORGE W. HEENE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AUTOMATIC 'PATENT' oEEIoE.

STAMPING MACHINE COMPANY, OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA TERRITORY, AND CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF ARIZONA TERRITORY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 190D'.

Application filed May 12, 1905. Serial No. 260,160.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HEENE, a citizen of the United States, residing at l Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Blank-Stamping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in blank-stamping machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine whereby charactered impressions may be made on a blank of metal or other material of desired shape.

Furthermore, it provides means for the automatic spacing of the impressions longitudinally and means for systematically placing the lines of the impressions on the blank.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference desig nate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure I is a front elevation; Fig. 2, a view in elevation of one end; Fig. l3, a view in elevation of the opposite end with the super- Fig. 4 is a top plan view. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the machine. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the upper section of the 'blankholder. Fig. 7 'is a top plan of the lower section thereof, showing the disk-operating springs in dotted lines. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through .the blankeholder and carriage, showing the line- Fi 9 is a vertical transverse section of the samge and also showing in section the space-indicator shaft and gear. Fig. I0 is a fragmentary sectional view of the type-wheeldepressing mechanism. `Fig. Il is front view Fig. I2 is a top plan of one of the forms of blank capable of being impressed by my machine. Fi I3 is .a sectional view taken diametrically t ough the type-wheel. Fig. I4 is a rear view of a fragment of the line-indicator and its detent. Fig. I5 is arear view of a segment of the alphabet-indicator and its notched disk. Fig. 16 is a front elevation of the spacing mechanism for the blank-holder, and Fig. I7 is a rear elevation of a portion thereof, and Fig. y

is shorter than that 3 and is provided with n two bearings 5, between which the outer end of the yoke 4 is pivoted by a pin 6, passing therethrough and suitably secured, as by cotter-pins.

From the standard 2 the yoke extends across and above the platform into proximity with the standard 3, between guides 7 of which the free end of the yoke slides up and down, being operated by mechanism to be hereinafter disclosed and which is carried by the upper end of the taller standard 3. ranged upon the platform and traveling transversely thereof is a carriage 8, upon which is mounted a blank-holder 9, traveling longitudinally of the said carriage 8.

The yoke 4 between its ends is provided with an opening I0, formed by two branches I1, each being formed with bearings I2, through which extends a shaft 13, on which shaft is secured the type-wheel 14, the latter comprising (see Fig. I3) a hub I5, throughv and in which the shaft I3 passes and is secured. The said hub is formed with aweb 16, about the outer edge of which the type I7 and space-blocks 18 are arranged and secured between two disks I9, slipped over the hub, and each secured to the opposite side of the web I6 by a screw 20. The said shaft I3 projects to the front of the yoke and has secured thereon an alphabet-indicator 21, carrying on its rear face a disk 22, formed with notches 23. (See Fig. 15.) On the extreme outer end of the said shaft I3 is attached a thumb-piece 24, by means of which the alphabet-indicator in the form of a peripherally-charactered disk is rotated to bring the 'desired letter or character thereof into line with the pointer 25, attached to the yoke and overlying said indicator 2l. Of course it will be understood that the type-wheel is ro'- tated synchronously with the alphabet-in 'dicator, and when the desired letter of the indicator 21 is in juxtaposition to the pointer V25 the corresponding type of the type-wheel I4 is inl operative relation with the underlying blank.

Arranged on the flan-ge 26 of the yoke is a j ing 59 in the base (see Fig. 5) into engagedetent-box 27, adjustably secured thereon by set-screws 28. Arranged within this box i and having its rearward movement limited by a pin 29 is a sliding spring-pressed detent 30, carrying on its forward end an antifriction-roller 31, which engages in the notches 23 of the disk 22 aforementioned to hold the type-wheel and alphabet-indicator in their adjusted position.

The upper end of the standard 3 is formed with a bearing 32, through which extends an operating-shaft 33, actuated by handle 34, carried thereby, and said shaft 33 carries an eccentric 35 on its inner end, which eccentric actuates and is received in a correspondingly- A, shaped opening in the yoke-actuating block of the yoke 4.

.- 36, the two being held from displacement by "plate 43 and screw 44.

To the lower end of this block 36 is rigidly attached a shoe 37,

, having projecting apertured ends 38, to each of which is attached a spring 39. In turn these springs are attached to hooks 40, extending on opposite sides from the lower edge (See Fig. 11.) The function of these springs is to lift the yoke 4 with the actuating-block 36 as the latter is raised by the eccentric upon release of pressure on the handle 34, the raising being automatically effected by a spring 41, attached to a sleeve 42 of the shaft 33 and to the base 1. Attention is called to the advantage of the spring connection, Fig. 11, between the yoke 4 and actuating-block 36, as the same renders a constant engagement therebetween during the lateral movement of the actuating-block 36 incident to the motion of the eccentric 35.

The sleeve 42, which is secured on the shaft 33 and abutting the bearing 32, has a segmental flange 45 integral therewith and which operates partially about the bearing 32 and has its upward movement limited by a stop 46. Beneath this segmental flange and adapted to be engaged thereby is a contactblock 47, carried on the upper end of a rod 48, the latter reciprocating in guides 49 49 and bearing on anarm 50, which projects through the base 1 and operates a spring-returned rock-shaft 51, which is journaled in the base of the machine. (See Fig. 5.) Secured to and actuated by this shaft is an arm 52, which projects through the upper face of the base and has a rod 53 connecting the same with spacing mechanism to be hereinafter described.

Upon the upper face of the base or platform 1 are transverse guides 54, having their guide edges beveled and slidingly engaged by interlocking beveled guide-strips 55, removably secured to the carriage 8. (See Figs. 1 and 8.) Upon these guides the carriage has a movement transverse to the base or platform 1, this movement being imparted thereto by a gear 56, projecting through an openment with a rack 57, removably attached to the bottom of the carriage 8. (See Figs. 5, 8, and 9.) This gear 56 is rigid on a shaft 58, journaled beneath the platform 1 and projecting through one end thereof to receive a line-indicator 60 and thumb-piece 61. This line-indicator 6() `is in the form of a wheel, upon the periphery of which (see Fig. 18) are marks which when properly arranged with relation to pointer 62, designate the linear relation of the blank to the type-wheel, it being of course understood that upon rotation of the thumb-piece 61 the line-indicator 60 is correspondingly moved and the blank-holder and carriage caused to travel transversely of the .platform 1 by means of the previouslydescribed gear and rack 56 and 57, respectively. Uponthe inner or rear face of the line-indicator 6() is a notched segment 63, into the notches of which a spring-detent 64l similar to that 27, yieldingly projects to hold the line-indicator where placed. The said pointer 62 is attached to the box of said detent and is removable therewith from the base or platform of the machine.

Projecting from and below the central portion of the front of the carriage 8 are two bearings 65 65, which extend through and travel in a slot 66 in the base 1 of the machine, (see Figs. 4 and 5,) and within these bearings is carried a shaft 67, the carriage 8 being free to slide thereon. Projecting through a slot 68 in the front portion of the carriage 8 (see Figs. 5 and9) is a gear 69, being slid ably connected to said shaft by a portion projecting into a slot 70 of the shaft. The forward end of this shaft 67 is j ournaled at .71 to the base and has fixed on its projecting end a spaceindicator 72, which and the gear 69 are rotated by thumb-piece 73. The space-indicator 72 is provided on its periphery with numbers, the central one of whi-ch when in line with pointer 79, secured to the base 1, designates that blank-holder 9 is in central position longitudinally of the machine, and the other numbers on the opposite sides of said central number designate the relative longitudinal position in spaces of the blankholder on either side of the center of the machine, Attention is called to the fact that as the carriage 8 travels longitudinally of the shaft 67 through the operation of the line-indicator the gear 69 is moved along said shaft 67, and its sliding connection permits the same to be operated by the shaft when in any position thereon.

To the front face of the blank-carrier 9 is removably attached a rack 74, in mesh with the protruding upper portion of the gear 67 and by means of this gear and rack the blankholder 9 is caused to travel longitudinally of the carriage 8 and platform 1 to roperly space each impression on the bla This IOO l'IO

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blank, which is 488 upon release of the handle 93, due to the vout portion 66 of the base 1.

Sealers 'blank-holder 9 comprises two sections 75 and 76, the lower one, 75, being in the form of a box, the front and rear lower edges thereof tudinally on the upper face of the carriage 8.

The upper face of the section 75 is formed with a circular recess, within which is arranged an oscillating disk 7 9, formed with two slots 8O 80 and a downwardly-projecting shaft 81, on which is secured below the under face of the top of said section a cross-arm 82, to each end of which on opposite sides of the shaft 81 is attached a spring 83, secured to Upon this section 75 is removably secured the aforementioned Yupper section 76, formed with two end slots 84 84 and in its lower face with a longitudinal slot 85, forming a web 86, and inthese slots are slidingly arranged blank-grippers 87. Each of these grippers comprises a removable jaw 88, which may be replaced by another of different shape to accommodate blanks of other design than that shown in Fig. 12, and this jaw is carried on the upper end of a neck 89, formed with a foot 90, sliding in slot 85 beneath the web 86 and carrying a pin 91, projecting downwardly and received in one of the slots 86 of the disk 79. A

cut-out portion 92 is formed in the upper portionof the upper face of section 75 adjacent -the said circular recess to allow of movement .walls of said cut-out portion 92 serving as stops for said handle. Upon movement of said handle to the left of the blank-holder the pins 91 are gradually spread, owing to the arrangement of the slots 86, and the jaws correspondingly se arated to accommodate a mly gripped by the jaws 88 springs 83.

The spacing ratchet mechanism previously mentioned comprises a ratchet-wheel 94, secured to shaft 67 and rotating in cut- To the rear of this ratchet-wheel is loosely mounted on said shaft an arm 95, to which the rod 53 is pivotally connected. y A pawl 96 is pivoted to the upper end of said arm 95 and has its nose 97 held normally in engagement with the teeth of said ratchet-wheel by means of a spring 99, connected thereto and to an extension 98 on said arm 95. (See Figs. 16 and 17.)

The operation of my device is as follows: Ablank of proper size and any desired formfor example, the one shown in Fig. 12-is placed between the grippers 87 of the holder 9, the said grippers being first opened by operating the handle 93 to oscillate the disk 79. If the blank is to be impressed with a single line, the mark on line 1 of the line-indicator 6() (see Figs. 4 and 18) is brought into line with the pointer 62, which centers the blank with relation to the type-wheel. If two or more lines are to be impressed, upon turning the line-indicator so that the successive marks of the respective line thereof register with said pointer 62 the said lines of impressions on the blank will be systematically placed on the said blank." It will be observed that the spacing-indicator 72 has a zero mark and successive numbers on either side thereof, the Zero indicating when the blank is centered longitudinally of the machine. Assuming the impression to be made to be the name John Doe. This comprises eight characters and one space, four on each side of the middle space, or Zero. The spaceindicator 72 is turned so that the 4 on the left-hand side of the zero mark will register with the pointer 79, indicating that the impression will begin on the fourth space to the left of the longitudinal center of the blank.

The character with which the name is to begin is then selected by being brought into line with the pointer 25, when the handle 34 is depressed, simultaneously depressing the yoke through the medium of the eccentric 35 and its block 37. This depression of the yoke causes the type of the type-wheel corresponding to the letter selected on the alphabet -indicator to properly character the blank. As the handle 34 is depressed for the stamping of each letter or character as just described the segmental flange 45 on the collar 42 of the operating-shaft 33 comes into contact with the block 47, which'is depressed thereby, rocking the shaft 51 through the medium of rod 48 and arm 50, and thereby oscillating the arm 52, from which movement is imparted to the pawl 96, which engages the teeth of the ratchet -wheel 94, imparting movement thereto, and consequently rotating shaft 67 and its gear 68. With this gear 68 the rack 74 of the blank-holder 9 is in mesh, and this movement of the gear 68 causes the blank-holder to bring the blank into proper spaced relation with the type-wheel for the succeeding impression. For returning the spacing mechanism to normal position a spring 100 is connected to the shaft 51 and base 1. Thus it will be observed that an automatic spacing of the impressions is effected by the described spacing ratchet mechanism. Of course it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the details of construction set forth, but may make various changes wholly within the scope of the invention.

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holder, a stamping means cooperating therewith, a line indicator, means cooperating therewith for moving the blank-holder, a space-indicator, and means connected therewith for moving the blank-holder.

3. In a blank-stamping machine, a blankholder, a stamping means cooperating therewith, an indicator, connections therewith for moving the blank-holder, and a detent for said indicator.

4. In a machine of the type set forth, a blank-holder comprising sliding grippers, and spring-operating means therefor.

5. In a machine of the type set forth, la blank-holder comprising sliding opposed jaws, and an oscillating operating-disk therefor.

6. Ina machine of the type set forth, a blank-holder comprising sliding opposed jaws, disk for operating said jaws, and means normally closing saidlj aws.

7. In a machine of the type set forth, a blank-holder comprising jaws, an operatingdisk therefor, springs connected therewith to normally close said jaws, and means connected with said disk whereby said jaws may be opened.

8. In a machine of the type set forth, a blank-holder comprising two sections, jaws carried by one of the sections, and means for operating said jaws carried by the other section.

9. In a machine of the type set forth, a blank-holder comprising two sections, jaws carried by one section, an operating-disk carried by the opposite section, a cross-arm in said disk, springs connected thereto and to one of the sections, and an operating-handle for said disk.

10. In a blank-stamping machine, a stamping means, a support therefor, operating means, said support being yieldingly supported by said operating means.

11. In a blank-stamping machine, a stamping means, a support therefor, and depressing means bearing against said support, said support being yieldingly supported by said depressing means.

12. In a blank-stamping machine, a stamping means, an operating-shaft, an eccentric thereon, a member operated in a vertical plane by said eccentric for depressing said stamping means, and lifting-springs for said stamping means being connected to said member. j

13. In a blank-stamping machine, a blankholder, stamping means cooperating therewith, operating means for the starr-.ping means, means for moving the blank-holder, and ratchet mechanism connected therewith and with said operating means for also moving the blank-holder.

14. In a blank-stamping machine, a blankholder, a stamping means coperating therewith, a carriage, said blank-holder being arran ed thereon and movable at right angles to t e movement thereof, and a shaft slidably mounted in the carriage and carrying an element for moving the blank-holder.

15. In a blank-stampingmachine, astamping means, operating means therefor, a blankholder, a rock-shaft, means engaged by the said operating means for operating said rockshaft, means for moving said blank-holder,

and ratchet mechanism connecting the lastnamed means and rock-shaft.

16. In a blank-stamping machine, a blankholder, a stamping means, mechanism for moving the latter into coperative relation to the blank-holder, and means operated by said mechanism to move the blank-holder during the operation of the stamping means with the blank.

17. In a blank-stamping machine, a blankholder, a stamping mechanism cooperating therewith, a carriage, a rotary member operated by the stamping mechanism, said carriage being slidable on the rotarymember, an means carried by said rotary member for moving the blank-holder.

18. In a blank-stamping machine, a blankholder, a stamping mechanism cooperating therewith, a carriage, a rotary member operated by the stamping mechanism, said carriage being slidably mounted on the rotary member, and means slidable on the rotary member and projecting through the carriage for moving the blank-holder.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. HEENE, FRANK SAUER. 

